The Toyota Yaris repeats at #1 in the regular car charts. After losing -28.6% in April, in May the Japanese new vehicle market truly bares the brunt of the COVID-19 State of Emergency that was only lifted in all regions on May 25, as well as the associated factory closures. Sales…

The MG ZS EV is among the 10 best-selling cars in Norway in May. Picture ebil.no In April, Noway boasted the smallest year-on-year drop of any European (-34%). Despite a COVID-19 pandemic essentially under control with 8.488 total cases at the time of writing vs. 7.710 as of April 30, this…

The Skoda Fabia is #1 at home in May. Picture sportovnivozy.cz With most COVID-19 restrictions lifted by May 11, the Czech new car market performs better in May at -44.4% to 13.385 than it did in April (-53.4%) but not by such a significant margin which is disappointing. The year-to-date…

The Citroen C3 is #1 in Denmark for the 2nd time in history. Picture bilmagasinet.dk Following a trend we've already observed in the Netherlands and Finland, the Danish new car market goes against the European grain and actually fares worst in May at -40.1% to 11.432 units than it did…

As Australians get ready to holiday at home, the Toyota Land Cruiser aligns ranking records. 5/06 update: Now with Top 300 All-models. Australia has not just flattened by squashed the coronavirus curve, going from being the 20th most affected country in the world as of March 31 (4.559 cases) to…

The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in New Zealand for the first time. As one of the only countries in the world to have truly defeated the coronavirus with no active infections, no new daily infections since May 21 and businesses reopening, New Zealand new car sales see their…

The Vauxhall Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in Scotland and Wales. It's another catastrophic month for UK nations in May, with overall UK sales down -89% year-on-year. The detail by nation is now available thanks to our partnership with SMMT, and shows England (-88.4%) at 18.244 sales and Wales (-88.7%) at…

The Kia Stonic is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Croatia in May. The Croatian new car market remains very affected by the coronavirus crisis with sales down another -76.2% year-on-year in May to 2.173 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -55.6% to 13.286. Market leaders Volkswagen (-64.1%) and Skoda (-46.8%)…

The Toyota C-HR is only outsold by the Hilux in New Caledonia this month. New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, is long done with COVID-19 and reopened businesses as early as April 20. As a result the new car market is actually up 8.2% year-on-year in May to…

The Lada 4x4 scores the best year-on-year hold in the Top 15 (-30.4%). In the space of two months, Russia went from 8.672 confirmed COVID-19 cases when we published our March 2020 update to 440.538 at the time of writing, ranking third in the word below the USA (1.861.966) and Brazil…

The Volvo XC40 scores its very first UK Top 10 finish at #6. As we anticipated last month, May was the month the UK became the country most affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Europe, with 281.270 confirmed cases and 39.987 deaths at the time of writing. A month ago…

The A-Class is #1 in Portugal in May, helping Mercedes to a record share. New daily coronavirus cases have remained below 400 since May 8 in Portugal but the pandemic hasn't been completely wrestled to the ground just yet, adding up to 33.592 cases and 1.455 deaths at the time…

The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in Poland in May. The COVID-19 curve hasn't been flattened in Poland with total infections still on the rise: from 2.311 as of March 31 to 12.877 as of April 30 and 23.786 as of May 31. The Polish new car market does a…

Brilliance soars 109.5% in a market down -72.2%. COVID-19 total cases have seen an exponential rise in Chile in the past two months, going from 2.738 as of March 31 to 16.023 as of April 30 and 113.618 at the time of writing. In the past week, Chile ranks 6th…

Opel scores the best hold among the Top 10 brands at -28%. New car sales in Luxembourg rally back in May as the country is progressively reopening after a COVID-19 lockdown with sales down -43.8% to 3.041 leading to a year-to-date tally down -37.7% to 16.145. Although still ghastly, the drop…